JUBILEE GIFT
WELLINGTON COUNCIL. WELLINGTON, April 3. Wellington City Council gave £5OO to-day to the King’s Jubilee cancer fund- doubling the sum that the Mayor Mr T. C. A. Hislop- had proposed as a lead for the approval of the members.
When Mr Hislop moved that £250 be contributed by the Council, Councillor Peter Fraser, Labour M.P. rose with a plea that the figure should b 0 doubled The action of the Government in this metter is one that everyone must approve of, he said, “and the way His Majesty the King went about the question of the jubilee gifts in the various parts of the Empire is also very gratifying. The Mayor and Councillors supported the suggestion, and a £5OO gift was approved QUEEN VIEWS DECORATIONS. LONDON. May 2. The Queen mingled with dense Jubilee crowds in the West End, her car slowly threading its way through congested streets for ninety minutes, while she viewed the decorations. Shopping crowds everywhere greeted her with enthusiasm. She smilingly waved in response to thunderous cheers.
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Grey River Argus, 4 May 1935, Page 5
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